Bleacher Report — As a 16-year-old Texas phenom competing in the 2010 Byron Nelson Invitational, Jordan Spieth served notice that he was a player to watch in the coming years. This weekend at the RBC Heritage, the emerging PGA Tour star made it clear that those years are coming sooner than anyone expected.
Playing in only his sixth tournament as a professional, the 19-year-old Spieth claimed his third top-15 finish of the PGA Tour season at Harbour Town Golf Links while playing on a sponsor’s exemption. The steady performance provided further evidence that the former University of Texas star is the most promising American golfer to surface since Tiger Woods more than 16 years ago.
It’s been several years, but you might remember Spieth as the private school teenager who not only made the cut at the Byron Nelson but managed a top-20 showing with a four-under performance against some of the finest golfers in the world that year.